Back
cover copy: In
the sweltering summer of 1997, strait-laced, straight-A student Karen
met Biba – a bohemian and impossibly glamorous aspiring actress.
She was quickly drawn into Biba's world, a for a while life was one
long summer of love. But every summer must end. By the end of theirs,
two people were dead – and now Karen's past has come back to haunt
her...
Stats
for my copy:
Trade paperback, Hodder & Stoughton, 2011.
How
acquired:
Via BookCrossing.
First
line:
I let the telephone fall from my hand.
My
thoughts: And
another fantastic new to me author! Claire Seeber, Peter Swanson, and
now Erin Kelly. I've already hunted down and collected most of
Seeber's and Swanson's back list (plus preordered Swanson's newest),
and now my Discover card will get another workout as I hunt down
everything Ms. Kelly has written. For a long time my go to has been
romance, but these three authors are sending me on a new and
wonderful path!
Told
in first person POV by Karen, the narrative bounces back and forth
between the present and the past. In the past, Karen meets Biba and
is mesmerized by her, and by her Bohemian drug-fueled life's-a-party
lifestyle. Not so much by Rex, though in the present we know that she
and Rex are a couple and have a daughter. We also know that Rex was
just released from prison for murder, but we don't know who died or
when.
I
love Ms. Kelly's writing, it's as mesmerizing as Biba is to Karen. As
Karen tells us her story, she drops tantalizing little hints or
alludes to something that happens later, and I was constantly on the
edge of my seat waiting for the big reveal, and grasping at each
secret that finally came to light. Guessing who would die, and then
second guessing myself. With good reason, as I was completely wrong.
A
five star read for me, and I'm upset that none of the platforms I
subscribe to - Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, Acorn TV – have the
movie version available! I need to see it!
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